With more than 38 years of executive leadership experience in public and
privately held corporations, Hayes now has administrative management
responsibilities focused on the operations of the ABRH casual dining
restaurant group. This includes the Company’s O’Charley’s and Ninety
Nine Restaurant and Pub concepts.

Hayes joins ABRH following three years with Nashville-based Direct
General Insurance where he was most recently Senior Vice President –
Finance. Prior to joining Direct General, Hayes served from 1998 through
2012 in various senior executive posts with AIG/American General,
Nashville, and AIG/Sun America Financial Group, Houston, TX. Hayes also
served for five years (1993 – 1998) with Nashville-based Shoney’s, Inc.
as Director of Financial Analysis, Senior Vice President and Corporate
Controller and Senior Vice President and CFO. Before serving with
Shoney’s, Inc., Hayes was a Senior Manager Audit with Ernst & Young.

A graduate of Tennessee Tech University with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Accounting, Hayes is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a
Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is a member of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Tennessee
Society of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives
International.

Based in Nashville, TN, ABRH currently owns and operates four restaurant
groups including O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine Restaurant and Pub, Village
Inn and Bakers Square. Additionally, ABRH owns and operates Legendary
Bakery, an award-winning baker of gourmet pies and premium desserts sold
to restaurants, independent bakers, retail/grocery customers and other
food service customers.